Society Quotes

"We are captured by a machine that treats you as less than human." "[...] We have made the world a lie." "The safety and happiness of society are the objects at which all political institutions aim" "The arts are not just the icing on the cake. They are an integral part of the cake itself." "The more humanity advances the more it is degraded." "A particularly beautiful woman is a source of terror. As a rule, a beautiful woman is a terrible disappointment." "The spirit of the times shows all our faults and mistakes in a glaring light." "The individual becomes impaired, and the sum of individual potentials freeze to make a general force." "What is hardest about reality is how much we have to pretend." "The world is full of cruel men, but many of them are on our side." "In this world, goodness is overlooked " "The worst thing about being wise is that you are perpetually being asked why you aren’t rich." "The greatest crimes in the world are not committed by people breaking the rules but by people following the rules." "No one is so miserable as the poor person who maintains the appearance of wealth." "People exist for one another." "The way we live has ramifications beyond our personal lives." "Little else is requisite to carry a state to the highest degree of opulence from the lowest barbarism but peace, easy taxes, and a tolerable administration of justice" "Eat to please thyself, but dress to please others" "A great civilization is not conquered from without until it has destroyed itself from within" "There is no salvation in becoming adapted to a world which is crazy "